Well that's charming. Your humble hack is aware of the dangers of falling foul of the whale-hugging brigade, and has accordingly cancelled a forthcoming major event that would have injected some much-needed cash into the moribund Spanish economy.

It's a real pain, because I'd already had the posters printed:

Any reader who needs an anaconda, a badger, 20 chihuahua puppies and a tankful of piranha, drop me a line. ®